Li Rong's hand was a little cold, it touched his skin, making him barely able to stay awake.
But whether it was the fireworks blooming in the sky, or the girl standing on tiptoe and closing her eyes, he couldn't help but feel a little dazed for a moment, feeling that the past was just a nightmare, they never happened, he It was only 20-year-old Pei Wenxuan, and the person in front of him was only 18-year-old Li Rong.
“Rong Rong…”
He didn't know what to do, but his voice was a little choked up. He raised his hand and gently wrapped her waist with one hand, fearing that she would slip off, and put the other hand on the back of her head to let her bear the pressure he imposed on her. strength.
Following his gentle and lingering slapstick, provocation, and entanglement, Li Rong increased her breathing and lost her strength. She slipped down from his face and wrapped around his neck, leaning on the one around his waist. Hand, couldn't help but take a step back.
Pei Wenxuan followed her movements forward, forcing her against the table.
He didn't move too much, and he hoped that the kiss was affection, not lust. So he used all his reason to force himself not to do more things, he just wanted to kiss her, and then let her feel the ultimate joy and all the tenderness that the world can give from the kiss.
In Li Rong's memory, the fireworks that year were very long, one after another.
That kiss was different than ever.
She indulged herself for many years, and in the following years, whether it was occasionally recalling the kiss with Pei Wenxuan when she was young, or the touch with Su Rongqing, it was more of desire and love. She couldn't remember, or never knew, how it felt to have more love in this kind of thing.
However, at this moment, she suddenly understood that the kind of tenderness that fell in her heart like a spring rain, softened all the hard soil, so there was more restraint in her desire, and there was a heartbeat and uncontrollable joy in Rui Ruoli.
No matter how many times, how many years, how old, how many winds and frosts, all in that kiss, suddenly turned into a little girl.
She was shy and heart-wrenching, and when she tried to chase the other party, she was infected by the other party's almost caring attitude, which made her a little more anxious and embarrassed.
When the two stopped, the fireworks didn't know how long. Li Rong sat on the table and looked down at Pei Wenxuan. Pei Wenxuan's lips were stained with water, and her face was covered with white flour by her hand. Qing Jun's eyes looked up at her, with joy in his restraint, and his bright appearance was like a young man standing in front of his sweetheart.
Li Rong looked down at him. The two didn't say anything. After looking at each other for a long time, Li Rong raised her hand and wiped his face with her sleeve. She smiled and said, "The ashes are all on your face."
Pei Wenxuan laughed: "This must be His Highness's revenge."
Li Rong raised her eyebrows, and Pei Wenxuan raised his hand to wipe the white ashes off Li Rong's face: "It doesn't matter if you are a little cat by yourself, you have to drag me."
Li Rong's movements froze, and it seemed that she realized that her face was covered with ashes. At this moment, Jingmei's voice rang from outside: "Your Highness, are your dumplings ready?"
She didn't come in rashly, but she understood the rules. Li Rong jumped off the table when she heard the sound. Pei Wenxuan raised her hand and slapped the dust for her. It was strange, and he raised his voice: "What's wrong?"
"His Royal Highness," Jingmei said with a smile, "Jingmei sister made dumplings, ask Your Highness if she needs to serve."
"No need." Pei Wenxuan said, turning his head to wash his hands, "Eat first, I'll call someone later, come and eat dumplings together."
Having said that, Pei Wenxuan put the dumplings into the water one by one.
When Jingmei got the words, she responded, but she didn't come in. She turned her head and went outside the courtyard. The servant girl outside pointed to the kitchen and winked at Jingmei. Jingmei shook her head and whispered: "Your Highness, the dumplings are ready. Well, don't be afraid."
They were afraid that these two people would be pampered, and they would get angry when they made dumplings all afternoon.
The dumplings fell into the pot, Li Rong watched curiously, she propped her chin, looked at the dumplings and said, "Pei Wenxuan, do you all celebrate the New Year like this?"
"Um."
Pei Wenxuan raised his head with a smile: "Where's Your Highness?"
Li Rong thought about it. In the past, in the palace, there was no atmosphere for the New Year. It was nothing more than a family banquet in the palace. The emperor and the queen brought the prince and the unmarried princess to eat and drink.
The dishes are all big fish and big meat, and they are served one by one, and new tricks have to be made every year, but every year they feel that these new tricks are meaningless.
Delicious mountain and sea delicacies, you can eat them on weekdays if you like to eat them. Those new things are often just a little bit of good luck, such as the blessing character made out of tofu, or the phoenix carved out of melon skin.
"It's just like the palace banquet you see on weekdays," Li Rong sighed, "It's very boring."
"Will Your Highness have New Year's money?"
Pei Wenxuan was a little curious, and Li Rong casually said: "Yes, all kinds of rewards have been sent to the warehouse, I don't even remember what they were. Oh, my mother gave me a pair of Suzaku Bu Yao one year, I really like it. "
Pei Wenxuan listened, thought for a while, and was about to speak when Li Rong raised his finger to the dumplings in the pot and said, "Are these dumplings overcooked?"
Pei Wenxuan turned around and saw that the dumplings were cooked and they had already floated up. Li Rong stared at the dumplings and was quite worried: "Bengong sees that some dumplings are already rotten, so that's fine, why are so many turned over in vain? Belly floating in the water? Can't you eat it?"
"His Royal Highness," Pei Wenxuan couldn't help laughing, "That's familiar."
"It's cooked?" Li Rong was a little surprised, "So it's cooked, I said, how do you know if you cook dumplings, so that's how it is."
Pei Wenxuan knew that Li Rong was indistinguishable from five grains, so he was not surprised. He smiled and greeted the outsiders to come in, fished out the dumplings one by one, and sent them to the dining room.
The rest of the princess' mansion was cooking in the small kitchen, and the dishes had already been prepared. Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan's dumplings were the last to be served. After the dumplings were placed, the two of them also went to the dining room. The courtyard outside the dining room was temporary. After setting up several tables, all the domestic servants who didn't go back for the Chinese New Year stayed here. Pei Wenxuan turned to look at Li Rong, and explained to Li Rong, "It's what I ordered, is it okay?"
"You've ordered it, can I still show your face in public?"
As Li Rong spoke, she sat down with Pei Wenxuan, raised her hand and said to everyone, "Everyone, sit down."
After Li Rong finished speaking, everyone respectfully saluted and sat down.
This is Li Rong's first time sitting with a servant. She was so unaccustomed to it that she could not help but look back at Pei Wenxuan next to her. Pei Wenxuan took a dumpling for her and said with a smile, "Your Highness, can you say something festive? It's also a New Year's blessing, so everyone is not nervous."
Li Rong paused for a moment, hesitated for a while, and then said, "Then I wish everyone a prosperous year and a healthy family. If you are married, you are looking for a good match, and if you are married, you will have a son early and be happy."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Li Rong said soft words, and everyone was completely relieved, and responded with a smile.
"Let's eat."
Li Rong said, and took the dumplings in the bowl.
Although Li Rong was here, everyone was relieved, but they were still a little cautious. When Pei Wenxuan saw it, he greeted everyone and said, "Everyone, don't be cautious, you should drink and drink, you should eat dumplings and dumplings. How are you doing on weekdays, so I will show Your Highness a lively look. If anyone eats copper coins today, there will be a reward!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Li Rong let out a "hiss", and a copper coin rolled out of her mouth. She did not expect that Pei Wenxuan would put a copper coin in the dumplings. She was unprepared for something like this stuffed in the food, and when she took a bite, she felt that half of her teeth were about to collapse.
"Pei..."
With tears in her eyes, Li Rong raised her hand to smash the chopsticks in pain, but Pei Wenxuan's eyes were quick and he grabbed her chopsticks hand with one hand and covered her mouth with the other, loudly saying, "It turned out that it was Your Highness who ate the copper coins, Your Highness. Good luck this year!"
After speaking, Pei Wenxuan whispered, "Your Highness, give me some face."
"What a face!"
Li Rong pushed him away, covering her mouth and getting angry: "If you don't tell me in advance to put the copper coins, my teeth are about to break!"
"I didn't expect His Highness to eat so fiercely, I was just about to say..." Pei Wenxuan was dumbfounded.
Li Rong seems to have no rules on weekdays, but in fact the rules are hidden in the details. For example, when she eats, she chews slowly, and when she sleeps, she lays down with her hands between her belly. With manners, he took a bite.
Li Rong felt that she was at a loss, and she didn't care about Pei Wenxuan. She only reached out to ask for the reward: "What about the reward?"
Pei Wenxuan laughed, raised his hand and gave Li Rong a red envelope from his sleeve.
It was the first time that Li Rong got this kind of red envelope. It was a little novel. She opened the red envelope in front of everyone and saw that there was nothing in it.
Looking at a tael of silver, and thinking of her own teeth, Li Rong was suddenly dissatisfied: "Are you embarrassed to pack a red envelope for a tael of silver?"
"Okay," Pei Wenxuan was afraid of her, and took out another red envelope that he hand-painted a golden phoenix, "This is yours. That one is extra."
Seeing the beautiful phoenix, Li Rong was a little moved, and unceremoniously reached out to take it. Pei Wenxuan moved the red envelope to the side and said with a smile, "Your Highness, you need to be nice and obedient to get the New Year's money."
"The concubine is joking," Jing Lan laughed aside, "How can you give your Highness a red envelope, how can you call it New Year's money."
"You don't understand this," Pei Wenxuan turned to look at Jinglan, and then turned his eyes back to Li Rong with a smile, "His Royal Highness is young, I take care of it on weekdays, just like taking care of my sister, this new year's money is worth a lot of money. ."
When everyone heard Pei Wenxuan's words, they burst into laughter, and Li Rong raised her eyebrows: "You dare to lead people to laugh at me?"
"Don't dare," Pei Wenxuan said quickly, "This is a smile that symbolizes the joy of the New Year, and it does not mean to laugh at His Highness."
"Red envelope." Li Rong was too lazy to talk to him, and didn't want to be rude with him in front of the servants. Pei Wenxuan took the red envelope and said with a smile, "Is your Highness not good at saying nice things?"
"That's right." Li Rong raised her hand directly and said lazily, "So give me the red envelope and it's over."
"I won't tell you, I'll teach you."
As Pei Wenxuan said that, he leaned forward and handed the red envelope to Li Rong's hand, and put it in Li Rong's ear at the same time.
"I like you and want to spend the New Year with you every year."
"His Royal Highness," Pei Wenxuan asked in a low voice, "Have you learned it yet?"